Phrase guide
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adv
Quickly or in great quantity, especially in reference to earning money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Synonyms: hand over hand
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
at a tremendous rate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Related to earlier hand over hand, this phrase originally referred to a speedy method of climbing up or hauling on a rope.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
